Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies
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HARRY E. DILLON,
brick manufacturer and contractor, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, was born in Des
Moines, Iowa, November 28, 1859, his parents being Frank and Maria (Robinson)
Dillon. His father being a prominent contractor, he had the benefit of an early
and thorough training in mechanical work. As he grew up he spent a short time
in Denver and Leadville, Colorado. In 1880 he returned to Des Moines, where he
remained four years. In 1886 he came to California and established his present
brick manufactory; is now in partnership with J. A. Murphy, and they make about
6,000 brick per day. They also have a yard at Inglewood, where they are now
making 500,000 brick for the Redondo Beach Hotel. During the busy season they
give employment to forty or fifty men, and run ten teams. They also do a large
business in building. Among the prominent contracts they have taken are the
large Montague warehouse, requiring 600,000 brick; the Vernon school-house,
200,000; Southern California Packing Company's warehouse, 150,000; Pacific
warehouse, 300,000; Maxey's building, on Main street, 250,000; and Chadwick's
building, and many others. Having had an extended practical experience in their
line, they are familiar with every detail of the business, in which indeed they
have taken a leading position in Southern California. Mr. Dillon was united in
marriage March 7, 1882, with Miss Laura B. Dennis, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They
have three children: Lettie, Harry and Bessie.
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California � Chicago, The Lewis
Publishing Company, 1889 Page 449
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler